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2002
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11,619
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2005
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11,440
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2008
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11,415
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1988
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11,320
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2010
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11,291
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Year of Release:
1972
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11,281
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1980
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11,263
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1991
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11,049
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2009
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11,003
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2001
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10,749
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 14 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 293 3%
1960s 737 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,459 15%
1990s 1,693 17%
2000s 1,798 18%
2010s 2,060 21%
2020s 468 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 23 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,010 50%
United Kingdom 2,655 27%
Canada 443 4%
Mixed Nationality 299 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 166 2%
France 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,722 97%
Yes 280 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 281 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,889 99%
Yes 113 1%
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